There has never been a better time to learn to code with a variety of routes available. These include self learning, private tutoring, college, university and programmes like government sponsored apprenticeships.

Most of these will require you to be around 16 or 18 so if you’re looking to get started early then the British Youth IT College might be the best option. We start children as young as 6 and old as 14 on their path to coding mastery.

2 – Self Reliance, Self Confidence and Empowerment

Quite often many projects will see a coder working on their own to meet a project brief. They will have to start from nothing more than sketches or ideas in the head of the client. If you want to go further, the client might be the developer themselves so they will learn to rely on their own skills and opinion to finish a project.

As a solo developer, you learn to work fast, efficient and to a high standard. If a project fails there’s no one else to blame. That might sound scary but it’s also an immense source of pride for coders who pull it off and before long they will be able to manage multiple clients and entire projects all at once. They will be confident in their own abilities, able to work on their own and get better higher paying jobs.

3 – Improves teamwork and collaboration

Just because a coder can learn to manage about a million things at once on their own doesn’t mean they become creatures of the night, tearing themselves away from the glow of a screen for food and water. Most projects, clients and employers will require you to work as part of a team. This means interacting with other actual people.

Shocking, i know.

Obvious benefits of basic human interaction aside, working within a web-based position, for example, will see collaboration with graphic designers, project managers and other non-technical positions. You’re always being exposed to new ideas and potential problems by seeing how the other side works. This, in turn, improves your skill set because understanding the limitations of other parts of a project will be a big boost for employers. It also improves teamwork because you will be forced to work as a team to solve problems.

4 – No learning ceiling

This might be a shock to those not in the know but there are limitless learning opportunities in coding.

If you’re into designing and building websites then you have access to languages like:-

HTML

CSS

Javascript

Each of these languages has their own libraries and frameworks that expand and improves the capabilities of each language. So much so that the list starts looking like a tree when you start to expand your knowledge.

HTML5

CSS

SASS (Framework)

SCSS (Framework)

Bootstrap (Library)

JavaScript

Angular.js (Framework)

React.js (Framework)

Vue.js (Framework)

jQuery (Library)

It’s actually a running joke in the community that JavaScript has so many frameworks and libraries being released you can never really be up to date. Take a look for yourself

That’s just a small slice of the technology behind the way a website looks. I haven’t even spoken about the backend or working with data where you have access to all sorts of amazing things like SQL, C+, C#, Node.js, Python and PHP.

Take your pick

I also haven’t mentioned the world of coding away from building just websites. Maybe you want to build apps for the apple app store then swift is your friend. Or you can have a crack at the open source android if you want to access the most devices.

If you happen to be an absolute maniac then you can get into the nitty gritty of programming. Learning to code in assembly or binary means you’re probably off your rocker but whatever floats your boat. Someone has to programme nuclear power plants after all.

Not Pictured: Something that makes sense

All of the above is just some of the stuff off the top of my head. There is so much opportunity for learning and gaining new knowledge that you can just keep learning new things for as long as you wish. Not many industries can say that and even fewer can offer even a fraction of the potential for personal growth and advancement

5 – Future proofing your mind

One of the lovely side effects of coding is that you’re always aware of what’s going on in tech because most of what happens will impact your little corner of it. When a company releases new hardware or software there’s a good chance its programmed in a language you know.

Coding is also a very online focused career so you’re always in touch with the latest developments in the field. This can often mean you teaching anyone who is non-technical about a new piece of tech. You’re also often working in a team so falling behind in knowledge can be a real pain depending on the role.

Conclusion

Coding, Programming, Development. Whatever the word you choose, a career in the industry can be of great benefit and value to any individual.

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Testimonials Summer camps

I enjoyed using Stencyl as it has made it easy for me to make a simple game.

Callum

I extremely enjoyed the games course as it improved my computer skills and programming work

Thomas

I had great fun meeting new people and making new friends, and I also enjoyed using Stencyl

Jake

I enjoyed using Stencyl and the Programming.

Jenny

I had a lot of fun using stencyl because it made the coding easier, the code for space invaders was really fun to make.

Daniel

I enjoyed stencyl and the games development.

Sunny

Stencyl is the best course ever!

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It was very fun, I enjoyed it a lot. I would recommend it to everyone and I learned lots of new things and programming. I met lots of new people and now I know how to program games :)

Skye

I really liked this course, I learned loads and now I am confident to make my own game.

Tom

I learned to make a game, Dhruv and Fiona were very nice.

Calum

It was fun, I made some games, I enjoyed it!

Eoghan

I enjoyed this program because we got to make some games and I learned a bit about coding.

Tony

I had a lot of fun and I want to come throughout the school weeks!

Tavish

I did enjoy this course and I made new things!

Stuart

We made space invaders, we made a platformer, I enjoyed lunch and making games.

Jack

I enjoyed the class because it was fun, I made lots of fun!

Ishita

I know how hard it is to make a game, and I have learned lots of new skills like patience, concentration and team work.

Ali-Hassan

I really enjoyed the coding as well as creating the game called space invaders. I twas really interesting learning new things.

Zahra

I enjoyed everything but I loved the platformer. The experience was amazing and I loved being able to code and use the computer, and meet new people.

Hafsah

I enjoyed lunch and learning how to make a game.

Abdul - Raheem

This course was really interesting and helpful because we learned new skills in game development which helps increase our knowledge, it also helps our brain develop more. I would suggest this program and course to more people as its really helpful. Thanks to the teachers that taught us all the knowledge.